Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction East Africa 1940*

East Africa 1940*

measuring 225 mm in total length

with evidence of period pinback repair

IX - British Military Patterns Copied by Other Nationalities

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction East Africa 1940*(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak wreath with aluminum eagle, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 53. 16 mm (h), weighing 21.